Dishwasher: All clad

Wednesday, 19 December 2012

All clad

The business was founded by metallurgist John Ulam, in 1967, as a manufacturer of bonded metals, including coinage for U.S. Mint, ballistics and avionics.[1] The company was instrumental in the shift to bonded metal coins.[1] The company's move to cookware happened by accident, when Ulam made a pan for his personal use.[1] All-Clad Metalcrafters was established in 1971 to sell this cookware.[2]Bloomingdale's picked up the brand two years later for its upscale housewares department. In 1988, the company was purchased by Pittsburgh Annealing Box Co.,[3] and was later bought by international company Groupe SEB in 2004.[2]At the time of its founding, All-Clad distinguished itself from other cookware companies by using a patented "roll bonding" process by which metals are sandwiched together and then formed into a cooking vessel.